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Manipur blockade hurts champion boxer
CNN-IBN | Updated Oct 02, 2011 at 04:35pm IST, New Delhi:
The two month old Manipur economic blockade is hurting and world boxing champion MC Mary Kom has not been spared either. With gas cylinders costing anywhere between 1800 to 2000 rupees, India's foremost sporting hero is keeping the kitchen fire burning using firewood.
Mary Kom, who runs a box academy, says the blockade will hurt her preparations for the Olympics as well.
"We are not getting cooking gas. Hence, we are cooking on firewood. Vegetable, rice, dal everything is very scarce and expensive. My students understand our condition and are saying that they want to go back home. I don't know whether the govt has taken a note of what is happening here. In these conditions, I cannot prepare for the upcoming 2012 Olympics," she said.
Even as many are now demanding that the Centre intervene to break the crisis, Manipur is hoping Mary Kom's voice may help bridge the divide.
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